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Cathy Mager
@cathymager.bsky.social
Art & Heritage. Consultant curator Wellcome Trust. Founder of Spectroscope. #Bristol #Deaf, BSL, Wild swims & Muddy walks. https://spectroscope.co.uk network of #Deaf & #Disabled imagineers
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A quick hello & first post! (and shameless plug). I’m a curator and artist. Founder of Bristol-based Spectroscope, disabled/deaf led creators of digital dreamscapes. We have an installation at Vital Signs, Science Gallery, London Bridge on until 15 May 2025 so go see! 📷 by George Torode
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Deaf Heritage takes centre stage in @cathymager.bsky.social’s work, Finger Talk at Wellcome Collection.

Read @criticismism.bsky.social's review ↓
disabilityarts.online/magazine/rev...
August 26, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Happy to share my new installation Finger Talk is now open at the Wellcome Collection until 17 October 2025! wellcomecollection.org/exhibitions/...
Finger Talk
'Finger Talk' is a new British Sign Language (BSL) artwork by Cathy Mager that invites you to enter a space shaped by deaf perspectives.
wellcomecollection.org
July 10, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Earlier this year I was invited by @thespacearts to talk about what inspires me to make projection artworks. Here’s a sneak preview! Happy #deafawarenessweek
May 7, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Shanghai, one week ago today, we staged Night Bloom a project by deaf & disabled Chinese/UK artists, a night of light, music and sign language. We are so proud of our team of pioneers @weareunlimited.bsky.social @britishcouncil.bsky.social @spectroscopestudio.bsky.social
🎥 Film by Walker Studio.
April 5, 2025 at 8:20 AM
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You've got just over a month to go catch @cathymager.bsky.social @spectroscopestudio.bsky.social beautiful Night Bloom as part of a free exhibition - Vital Signs @scigallerylon.bsky.social running until Sat 17 May!

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April 2, 2025 at 10:31 AM
We did it! Spectroscope lit up Liverpool with a giant sign language projection on International Women’s Day. Thank you Dada Fest! So proud of the team. 📸 by Charlie Swinbourne Supported by @artscouncilengland.bsky.social
March 10, 2025 at 4:02 PM
So proud to share Leaf Glow - Spectroscope’s beautiful new building projection. A climate change and cancer informed artwork using cellular plant imagery from Ham Green House gardens, North Somerset. Thank you to Penny Brohn UK, a cancer wellbeing charity for partnering with us on this #leafglow
February 24, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Thank you to Mark Sheeran @criticismism.bsky.social for this beautifully written and thoughtful piece, which gets to the heart of the story we’re seeking to tell
February 14, 2025 at 1:07 PM
The arts industry’s dirty secret. Creative waste ending up in landfill
needs to be talked about more. Good to see the recycling efforts here www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
BBC drama Wolf Hall sets put to new use in green initiative
The sets, weighing more than 23 tonnes, are passed on to local performing arts organisations.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 27, 2024 at 10:00 AM
A quick hello & first post! (and shameless plug). I’m a curator and artist. Founder of Bristol-based Spectroscope, disabled/deaf led creators of digital dreamscapes. We have an installation at Vital Signs, Science Gallery, London Bridge on until 15 May 2025 so go see! 📷 by George Torode
November 23, 2024 at 8:56 AM